Russian mass media reported that scientists of the Institute of physical Culture History of the Russian Academy of Sciences ended work with a three-dimensional model of the Syrian city of Palmyra, listed on UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites, claiming that this is “a prelude to the...

The novel coronavirus has claimed 1,271 more lives in Brazil and 650 in Mexico over the past 24 hours, according to health authorities Wednesday. In Brazil, the world’s second worst-hit country after the US, the death toll climbed to 116,580, while the number of cases surged to nearly...

The defense ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Israel spoke via telephone Tuesday focusing on their countries' move to normalise ties, state media reported. Officials from the UAE and the Jewish state have increased contacts since the announcement earlier this month that they would...

The coronavirus pandemic is still raging worldwide, but fresh World Health Organization data indicates its pace is easing in most regions, with the biggest slowdown seen in the hard-hit Americas. More than 1.7 million new coronavirus cases and some 39,000 new deaths were recorded last week,...